Rain on Friday night left spirits a bit dampened on the Saturday morning, but nevertheless two climbing parties headed off into Coire Lagan, John and Dennis thoroughly enjoying the excellent Cioch West on the lower slabs, while Phil W and Phil Curtis headed off up Cioch Gully, somewhere between its summer V Diff and winter grade III…..yes they found a patch of snow! and finishing off on Wallwork’s Route on the upper crag. Phil C admitted later that it had been his best day out in the mountains ever. All this….and no epics!

After a brief wise man tutorial about Yorkshire limestone and crafty glance at the web weather windows, Giggleswick evolved into the destination of least likely trauma. A motley crew of the usual suspects and 1 worried looking interloper from Keswick shoehorned themselves into a few less cars than they started in and convoyed from Penrith. There were lots of worried murmurs along the lines of “…too bloody ‘ard there…” as the mighty precipices loomed nearer.